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Definition of Slabbering
1. slabber [v] - See also: slabber
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slabbering
Literary usage of Slabbering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongueby Francis Grose, Pierce Egan by Francis Grose, Pierce Egan (1823)
"slabbering BIB. A parson's or lawyer's band. SLAG. A slack-mettled fellow, one
not ready to resent an affront. SLAM. A trick : also, a game at whist lost ..."
2. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"A slabbering kiss, SB —I maun kiss her, 'cause I was'the woo'r My father briskly
loot me see the gate—But fi-ae my father mon ya sluik she gat, An' I, ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"To take food in a dirty slabbering manner. ... The act of taking food in a
slabbering manner, ibid. 2. The noise made by breathing through mucus ; also, ..."
4. The Reader's Handbook of Allusions, References, Plots and Stories: With Two by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1880)
"He wore a red cap faced with yellow, a yellow " slabbering-bib." a blue doublet,
red hose, and black shoes. He represents an overgrown baby, ..."
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